# How to setup Kibana?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-kibana/258268>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 10, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-kibana/258268 "2020-12-10T11:37:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mahalabobis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mahalabobis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mahalabobis)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-kibana/258268/1 "2020-12-10T11:37:29Z")

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I have a remote server which runs Elasticsearch. I'm accessing this server via ssh. I want to setup Kibana how can I do it?

Do I need to set Kibana locally or to the remote server?

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-kibana/258268/2 "2020-12-10T17:13:45Z")

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You're going to have to download and run the install script for Kibana as well. Here are the docs on doing so: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/install.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/install.html)

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-kibana/258268/3 "2020-12-10T18:43:39Z")

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You can look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html) - look at `server.host` That is the main component to reach your kibana server.  
As long as your ports on ES and Kibana can talk to each other you should be good.

Thanks  
Rashmi

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-setup-kibana/258268/4 "2021-01-07T18:43:56Z")

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